Who Is Amazon’s New CEO, Andy Jassy?

Earlier this month billionaire mogul Jeff Bezos announced he’d be stepping down as Amazon CEO after three wildly successful decades at the helm. His replacement, Andy Jassy, is barely known outside tech business circles. Should you care? Yes. This is no run-of-the-mill corporate reshuffle. When Jassy takes the reins of Bezos’s $1.7 trillion juggernaut later this year he’ll instantly become one of the biggest private employers on earth – a colossus of commerce, retail, Hollywood, and the very future of the internet. So join us now as we rock up to the C-Suite in our best suit and tie to ask exactly who is Andy Jassy? Andrew R. Jassy was born on January 13, 1968, to a Jewish family of Hungarian heritage. He grew up in Scarsdale, a well-to-do commuter town in New York State. His father was a handsomely-remunerated senior partner at NYC law firm Dewey Ballantine.